Ricky Lee Dow, 54, was booked into jail Monday after the sentencing hearing. He was convicted of felony vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated in a plea deal.

The crash occurred at about 4:20 p.m. on April 25, 2015, on Dillon Beach Road at Valley Road Franklin School Road. Dow was riding his new KTM motorcycle with his girlfriend, 43-year-old Julie Ann Glassford.

Dow lost control of the motorcycle and it skidded off the road, throwing both riders. Glassford died of her injuries, while Dow suffered fractured ribs and a collapsed lung.

The California Highway Patrol investigated the crash. Police determined that the couple were camping at Lawson’s Landing and had stopped for drinks at Nick’s Cove in Marshall.

An employee reported that Dow drank two beers and Glassford had two rum-and-colas over several hours, according to the CHP report. A blood test administered to Dow after the crash showed a blood-alcohol level over the legal limit, but the CHP report does not specify the amount.

The CHP also determined that the motorcycle was not designed for a second rider, but it had been fitted with aftermarket foot pegs to accommodate a passenger.

The Marin County District Attorney’s Office charged Dow with vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence, riding over the legal alcohol limit and causing injury while driving under the influence of alcohol.

In June of this year, he accepted a plea bargain for felony vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, according to the district attorney’s office.

Dow received a four-year sentence, but under Proposition 47, the 2014 state initiative that reduces penalties for nonviolent crimes, he can split the sentence between custody time and outside supervision.

Jail sentences are typically served at half time, so his two-year sentence amounts to a year in custody. The supervision period will follow.

“The term and charge was agreed to after a thorough review of the physical evidence, eyewitness testimony, additional expert accident reconstruction reports, driving and weather conditions at the time, the defendant’s lack of criminal history, and consultation with the victim’s family,” said Deputy District Attorney A.J. Brady.

Dow’s lawyer, Douglas Horngrad, described Dow as “very remorseful.”

“It was a great loss for him, too,” Horngard said. “He accepted responsibility.”

Glassford lived with Dow in Antioch.

Glassford’s mother has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Dow in Contra Costa County. Dow has filed for bankruptcy protection in federal court.

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